Older adults show lower JOL resolution only when recollection-based responses are contrasted with pooled familiarity and new responses, an outcome attributed to age-related decreases in strong recollective experiences at test¶

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q2 i? There were no age differences in JOL resolution when R and F responses were contrasted to N responses, but reliable age differences when R responses were contrasted with pooled F and N responses. → Hertzog C 2011

Evidence¶

Hertzog C 2011¶

Hertzog C, Dunlosky J. (2011). Metacognition in Later Adulthood: Spared Monitoring Can Benefit Older Adults' Self-regulation. Current Directions in Psychological Science. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3903298/

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The review reports a study of older adults' JOLs for a word recognition test with recollect (R), familiar (F), and new (N) response options, finding "reliable age differences in JOL resolution when R responses were contrasted with pooled F and N responses."

"There were no age differences in JOL resolution when R and F responses were contrasted to N responses, but there were reliable age differences in JOL resolution when R responses were contrasted with pooled F and N responses."

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• Aging does not materially reduce the relative accuracy (resolution) of judgments of learning during encoding, with cross-sectional evidence of no age declines and even age-related increases in aggregate JOL resolution across ages 18 to 81 — related
• The literature is mixed on age differences in the accuracy of retrospective confidence judgments during recognition memory tests, with older adults sometimes producing more high-confidence false alarms and poorer resolution with deceptive lures — related
• JOL resolution (relative accuracy) did not differ between younger and older adults — related